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Nancy Rodríguez

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ID3702228
NAMENancy Rodríguez
GIVEN NAMESNancy
FAMILY NAMERodríguez
SIGNATURERODRIGUEZ N
AFFILIATIONSArizona State University
ORCID0000-0003-2145-4098
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS29
TOTAL CITATIONS195
AUTHOR COUNT29
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2004
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2026
H-INDEX8
  • Development of a web application for the cognitive stimulation of older adults with mild cognitive impairments, using advanced web scraping techniques and generative artificial intelligence

    Open Access•Nancy Rodríguez, John W Castro et al.•ARTICLE•Social Sciences & Humanities Open•2026

    This study describes the design, development, and evaluation of VitalMindAI, a web application that provides personalized cognitive stimulation for older adults with mild cognitive impairment, focusing on memory, attention, and language. This innovative tool integrates web scraping techniques and generative artificial intelligence to provide cognitive exercises tailored to each older adult's unique needs, facilitating caregivers' work and improvi…

  • Under Watchful Eyes: Gendered Surveillance and Control in Correctional Officers’ Disciplinary Narratives of Incarcerated Women

    Open Access•Szilvia D Biro, Jillian J Turanovic et al.•ARTICLE•Gender & Society•2026•References: 64

    Disciplinary practices in women’s prisons are thought to extend beyond institutional rule enforcement to regulate gender performance, yet how officers frame and document these practices remains understudied. Accordingly, this study examines the language officers use to characterize women’s behavior in disciplinary report narratives. Thematic analysis of all disciplinary reports issued to women in a northeastern state prison system during 2019 ( N…

  • An Examination of Prison-Based Programming and Prison Misconduct

    Open Access•Kylie S Reale, Hina Usman et al.•ARTICLE•Criminal Justice and Behavior•2025

    Prison misconduct can produce a range of detrimental consequences across prison systems. Research indicates that both individual- and prison-level characteristics predict misconduct; however, there is increasing evidence that this relationship can be mediated by program participation. Accordingly, this study seeks to expand knowledge on the relationship between prison misconduct and prison programming by examining two types of prison programs (a)…

  • Who Should Go Home From Detention? The Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Probation Officers’ Recommendations to the Court

    Open Access•Courtney M Echols, Nancy Rodríguez•ARTICLE•Crime & Delinquency•2025

    Racial and ethnic disparities permeate juvenile justice outcomes. Yet, little is known about the decision-making processes that inform these outcomes, including the often-hidden recommendations probation officers make to the court regarding youth confinement. Using data from a juvenile court in a southwest city, we examine how mental health concerns, alleged gang affiliation, family challenges, and perceived dangerousness inform probation officer…

  • Family Systems, Inequality, and Juvenile Justice

    Open Access•Nancy Rodríguez, Margaret Goldman•ARTICLE•Criminal Justice and Behavior•2024

    America’s juvenile justice system was founded on the notion that the juvenile court would serve as the “ultimate parent” for youth. Yet, the history of youth punishment challenges the promise of juvenile “justice.” To offer a more comprehensive account of the family systems in juvenile court, this study draws from the insights of historical research on youth punishment and family criminalization to examine juvenile court outcomes in Arizona. Comb…

  • Prison Family Engagement Policies: A Multistate Systematic Review and Content Analysis

    Open Access•Laceé N Pappas, Nancy Rodríguez et al.•ARTICLE•The Prison Journal•2024

    Opportunities for incarcerated persons to connect with their loved ones exist in several forms. Yet, there is limited evidence documenting the scope of state prison family engagement policies beyond visitation. To fill this gap, a systematic policy review and content analysis of nine state prison family engagement policies was conducted. The results provide evidence of both consistencies and inconsistencies in policies across forms of prison cont…

  • Making Social Justice Nonnegotiable in Crime Prevention: Case Studies of Youth (In)Justice

    Open Access•Nancy Rodríguez•ARTICLE•The Annals of the American…•2024•Cited by: 1•References: 27

    The evidence base on the effectiveness of crime prevention programs and policies has grown significantly over the past two decades. But despite the attention given to particular kinds of crime reduction interventions, advancement of social justice and reduction of racial disparities in the administration of criminal justice have been limited. Additionally, despite the growing diversity of the U.S. population, prevention research that focuses on d…

  • The Role of Service and Community in Academia: Reflections of a Latina Criminologist

    Nancy Rodríguez•ARTICLE•Journal of Criminal Justice…•2023

    The following reflection essay is about my journey as a Latina Criminologist and how service shapes my teaching and research. I share how my commitment to service is directly tied to my Latino roots and what I have learned from various academic communities. In addition, I reflect on how hidden forms of service that characterize faculty of color workloads can be devalued by universities

  • Space matters: An examination of the circumstances surrounding violence against correctional staff

    Open Access•Nancy Rodríguez, Katherine Waggoner•ARTICLE•Journal of Criminal Justice•2023•References: 43

  • Police department websites and digital language accessibility: A platform for achieving effective communication between limited English proficient communities and the police

    Meghan Ballard, Nancy Rodríguez•ARTICLE•Policing & Society•2022•Cited by: 1•References: 9

    Police departments are increasingly relying on technology to strengthen community-police relations, and yet there exists little research on the ways police departments use digital platforms to meet the needs of those requiring language services. In this study we use the innovative methodology of website content analysis (WebCA) to evaluate the websites of the fifty largest police departments in the U.S. for the presence of digital language access…

  • Race, Ethnicity, and Official Perceptions in the Juvenile Justice System: Extending the Role of Negative Attributional Stereotypes

    Open Access•Laura Beckman, Nancy Rodríguez•ARTICLE•Criminal Justice and Behavior•2021

    Overrepresentation of youth of color in the juvenile justice system has been well-documented. Although prior research has frequently drawn on attribution theory to explain the sources of racial and ethnic disparity in juvenile court outcomes, the key mechanisms (negative internal and external attributions) put forth by this theory have seldom been directly empirically tested. Using juvenile probation file content ( N = 285) that quantitatively ca…

  • The State as the “Ultimate Parent”: The Implications of Family for Racial and Ethnic Disparities in the Juvenile Justice System

    Open Access•Margaret Goldman, Nancy Rodríguez•ARTICLE•Race and Justice•2020

    Racial and ethnic disparities permeate juvenile justice processing. Research attempting to explain these disparities has superficially considered the role of family measures in the differential treatment of youth of color. In particular, research has given little attention to the role of family supervision, despite its relevance to the mission of the juvenile court. Using attribution theory as a framework and data from three Arizona jurisdictions…

  • The Role of Science in Reducing Racial and Ethnic Disparities in the Juvenile Justice System

    Open Access•Nancy Rodríguez•ARTICLE•Du Bois Review Social Science…•2018•Cited by: 2•References: 20

    In recent years, we have witnessed various efforts by the federal government to advance our justice system and improve public safety. Collaborations across justice and service agencies and research on what works in criminal justice policy have been central in criminal justice reform activities. Within the juvenile justice arena, reducing rates of victimization and delinquency, as well as implementing strategies to reduce racial and ethnic dispari…

  • Families coming together in prison: An examination of visitation encounters

    Open Access•Melinda Tasca, Philip Mulvey et al.•ARTICLE•Punishment & Society•2016•Cited by: 19•References: 3

    Despite great strides in research on the collateral consequences of incarceration, we know relatively little about family life during imprisonment. In an effort to extend prior work, the current study examines family processes among caregivers, prisoners, and children during prison visitation. Drawing from in-depth interviews with 52 caregivers of children of incarcerated parents, we use open and axial coding techniques to identify the interactio…

  • Bridging the Gap between Research and Practice: The Role of Science in Addressing the Effects of Incarceration on Family Life

    Open Access•Nancy Rodríguez•ARTICLE•The Annals of the American…•2016•Cited by: 5•References: 38

    incarceration; families; family processes; policy

  • Deporting social capital: Implications for immigrant communities in the United States

    Jacqueline Hagan, David L Leal et al.•ARTICLE•Migration Studies•2015•Cited by: 20•References: 12

    The United States currently removes approximately 400,000 individual migrants each year, which represents close to an eightfold increase since the mid-1990s. While scholars have studied the consequences of such policies for children and families, this article posits broader effects on communities through the reduction of immigrant social and human capital. Using findings from three studies of immigrant communities and Salvadoran deportees, we sho…

  • The Limits of Discretion: Challenges and Dilemmas of Prosecutorial Discretion in Immigration Enforcement

    Open Access•Marjorie S Zatz, Nancy Rodríguez•ARTICLE•Law & Social Inquiry•2014•Cited by: 9•References: 1

    The history of US immigration policy and practice reflects a series of attempts to address complex political demands and organizational tensions. Yet this complexity has rendered comprehensive immigration reform elusive in recent decades. When legislative action appears impossible, what other avenues are available to confront these challenges? During the first term of the Obama administration, prosecutorial discretion emerged as a key mechanism. …

  • The Role of Neighborhood Context in Youth Co‐offending

    Open Access•D R Schaefer, Nancy Rodríguez et al.•ARTICLE•Criminology•2014•Cited by: 9•References: 57

    Despite co‐offending being a core criminological fact, locating suitable peers has many challenges. Chief among these, given the risky nature of co‐offending, is finding trustworthy accomplices. We propose that neighborhoods serve as youths’ most ready source of accomplices, and as such, their composition affects the likelihood of identifying suitable co‐offenders. In particular, youth are more likely to co‐offend in contexts with more peers of t…

  • Concentrated Disadvantage and the Incarceration of Youth: Examining How Context Affects Juvenile Justice

    Open Access•Nancy Rodríguez•ARTICLE•Journal of Research in Crime and…•2013

    Objectives: Attribution theory is used to frame a study on concentrated disadvantage and youth correctional confinement. Method: Population of delinquent referrals and a random sample of 50 youth case file records from a large urban juvenile court in the southwest are analyzed. Results: Black and Latino/Latina youth were more likely than their White counterparts to be institutionalized. Youth from areas with high levels of concentrated disadvanta…

  • Girls’ Experiences With Violence: An Analysis of Violence Against and by At-Risk Girls

    Open Access•Melinda Tasca, Marjorie S Zatz et al.•ARTICLE•Violence Against Women•2012•References: 4

    A growing body of work has emerged that examines crime and delinquency as gendered events. Given the prevalence of violence in the lives of women and girls, scholars have used various theoretical perspectives, including feminist pathways and "doing gender," to investigate the victimization-offending overlap. The authors contribute to this literature through an analysis of juvenile court records using a sample of at-risk girls. The authors identif…

  • The Collateral Consequences of Incarceration Revisited: A Qualitative Analysis of the Effects on Caregivers of Children of Incarcerated Parents

    Open Access•Jillian J Turanovic, Nancy Rodríguez et al.•ARTICLE•Criminology•2012•Cited by: 74•References: 105

    While policy makers have long extolled the benefits of incarceration, criminologists have expended considerable effort demonstrating the harmful collateral consequences of incarceration. Sampson (2011) recently challenged researchers to move beyond this dichotomy and to assess the “social ledger” of incarceration, where both the potential benefits and harms associated with incarceration are examined. To shed light on the variation in the collater…

  • The Implementation of the Disproportionate Minority Confinement/Contact (DMC) Mandate: A Failure or Success

    Open Access•Michael Leiber, Nancy Rodríguez•ARTICLE•Race and Justice•2011•Cited by: 7•References: 33

    It has been over 20 years since Congress, as part of the reauthorization of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act (JJDPA), included the disproportionate minority confinement mandate later changed to disproportionate minority contact (DMC). The DMC mandate and the issue in general have received relatively scant attention with the exception of a few commentaries. In this article, we discuss the DMC mandate and the positions concerning…

  • The Cumulative Effect of Race and Ethnicity in Juvenile Court Outcomes and Why Preadjudication Detention Matters

    Open Access•Nancy Rodríguez•ARTICLE•Journal of Research in Crime and…•2010

    Despite federal and state legislation aimed at producing equitable treatment of youth in the juvenile court system, studies continue to find that race and ethnicity play a significant role in juvenile court outcomes. To date, few studies have examined the cumulative effects of race and ethnicity in juvenile court outcomes. In this study, a random sample of youth processed in Arizona during 2000 (N = 23,156) was used to examine how race and ethnic…

  • Race, Ethnicity, Class, and Noncompliance with Juvenile Court Supervision

    Open Access•Hilary Smith, Nancy Rodríguez et al.•ARTICLE•The Annals of the American…•2009•Cited by: 7•References: 14

    Determination of whether a youth is compliant with the conditions of probation and, if not, how to ensure future compliance is an important intermediate stage in juvenile court decision making. Yet, little is known about the conditions under which noncompliance is or is not documented in the youth's file, what happens to noncompliant youth, and whether documentation of noncompliance is influenced by race and class. Probation officers necessarily …

  • Youth Is Enmeshed in a Highly Dysfunctional Family System”: Exploring the Relationship Among Dysfunctional Families, Parental Incarceration, and Juvenile Court Decision Making

    Open Access•Nancy Rodríguez, Hilary Smith et al.•ARTICLE•Criminology•2009•Cited by: 16•References: 54

    Although prior work has substantiated the role of external attributes in juvenile court decision making, no study to date has examined how family situational factors as well as maternal and paternal incarceration affect juvenile court officials' responses to troubled youth. Using quantitative and qualitative juvenile court data from a large urban county in the southwest, this study draws on attribution theory to examine how family structure, perc…

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  • The Collateral Consequences of Incarceration Revisited: A Qualitative Analysis of the Effects on Caregivers of Children of Incarcerated Parents

    Open Access•Jillian J Turanovic, Nancy Rodríguez et al.•ARTICLE•Criminology•2012•Cited by: 74•References: 105

    While policy makers have long extolled the benefits of incarceration, criminologists have expended considerable effort demonstrating the harmful collateral consequences of incarceration. Sampson (2011) recently challenged researchers to move beyond this dichotomy and to assess the “social ledger” of incarceration, where both the potential benefits and harms associated with incarceration are examined. To shed light on the variation in the collater…

  • Deporting social capital: Implications for immigrant communities in the United States

    Jacqueline Hagan, David L Leal et al.•ARTICLE•Migration Studies•2015•Cited by: 20•References: 12

    The United States currently removes approximately 400,000 individual migrants each year, which represents close to an eightfold increase since the mid-1990s. While scholars have studied the consequences of such policies for children and families, this article posits broader effects on communities through the reduction of immigrant social and human capital. Using findings from three studies of immigrant communities and Salvadoran deportees, we sho…

  • Families coming together in prison: An examination of visitation encounters

    Open Access•Melinda Tasca, Philip Mulvey et al.•ARTICLE•Punishment & Society•2016•Cited by: 19•References: 3

    Despite great strides in research on the collateral consequences of incarceration, we know relatively little about family life during imprisonment. In an effort to extend prior work, the current study examines family processes among caregivers, prisoners, and children during prison visitation. Drawing from in-depth interviews with 52 caregivers of children of incarcerated parents, we use open and axial coding techniques to identify the interactio…

  • Youth Is Enmeshed in a Highly Dysfunctional Family System”: Exploring the Relationship Among Dysfunctional Families, Parental Incarceration, and Juvenile Court Decision Making

    Open Access•Nancy Rodríguez, Hilary Smith et al.•ARTICLE•Criminology•2009•Cited by: 16•References: 54

    Although prior work has substantiated the role of external attributes in juvenile court decision making, no study to date has examined how family situational factors as well as maternal and paternal incarceration affect juvenile court officials' responses to troubled youth. Using quantitative and qualitative juvenile court data from a large urban county in the southwest, this study draws on attribution theory to examine how family structure, perc…

  • Brutal Borders? Examining the Treatment of Deportees During Arrest and Detention

    Phillip, Susan A Phillips et al.•ARTICLE•Social Forces•2006•Cited by: 13

    Recent legislation has produced a dramatic rise in the detention and removal of immigrants from the United States. Drawing on interviews with a random sample of Salvadoran deportees, we examine treatment during arrest and detention. Our findings indicate: (1) deportees are often subject to verbal harassment, procedural failings and use of force; (2) force tends to be excessive; (3) force is more common against deportees than citizens; (4) situati…

  • The Limits of Discretion: Challenges and Dilemmas of Prosecutorial Discretion in Immigration Enforcement

    Open Access•Marjorie S Zatz, Nancy Rodríguez•ARTICLE•Law & Social Inquiry•2014•Cited by: 9•References: 1

    The history of US immigration policy and practice reflects a series of attempts to address complex political demands and organizational tensions. Yet this complexity has rendered comprehensive immigration reform elusive in recent decades. When legislative action appears impossible, what other avenues are available to confront these challenges? During the first term of the Obama administration, prosecutorial discretion emerged as a key mechanism. …

  • The Role of Neighborhood Context in Youth Co‐offending

    Open Access•D R Schaefer, Nancy Rodríguez et al.•ARTICLE•Criminology•2014•Cited by: 9•References: 57

    Despite co‐offending being a core criminological fact, locating suitable peers has many challenges. Chief among these, given the risky nature of co‐offending, is finding trustworthy accomplices. We propose that neighborhoods serve as youths’ most ready source of accomplices, and as such, their composition affects the likelihood of identifying suitable co‐offenders. In particular, youth are more likely to co‐offend in contexts with more peers of t…

  • Restorative Justice, Communities, and Delinquency: Whom Do We Reintegrate

    Open Access•Nancy Rodríguez•ARTICLE•Criminology & Public Policy•2005•Cited by: 8•References: 10

    Research Summary: Communities represent an important facet of restorative justice; yet few studies have empirically evaluated the influence that community characteristics have on reintegrative programs. In this study, I use official juvenile court data from an urban, metropolitan county in Arizona and Census data to examine how individual‐ and community‐level data influence the selection of offenders to a restorative justice program. To examine t…

  • The Implementation of the Disproportionate Minority Confinement/Contact (DMC) Mandate: A Failure or Success

    Open Access•Michael Leiber, Nancy Rodríguez•ARTICLE•Race and Justice•2011•Cited by: 7•References: 33

    It has been over 20 years since Congress, as part of the reauthorization of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act (JJDPA), included the disproportionate minority confinement mandate later changed to disproportionate minority contact (DMC). The DMC mandate and the issue in general have received relatively scant attention with the exception of a few commentaries. In this article, we discuss the DMC mandate and the positions concerning…

  • Race, Ethnicity, Class, and Noncompliance with Juvenile Court Supervision

    Open Access•Hilary Smith, Nancy Rodríguez et al.•ARTICLE•The Annals of the American…•2009•Cited by: 7•References: 14

    Determination of whether a youth is compliant with the conditions of probation and, if not, how to ensure future compliance is an important intermediate stage in juvenile court decision making. Yet, little is known about the conditions under which noncompliance is or is not documented in the youth's file, what happens to noncompliant youth, and whether documentation of noncompliance is influenced by race and class. Probation officers necessarily …

  • Bridging the Gap between Research and Practice: The Role of Science in Addressing the Effects of Incarceration on Family Life

    Open Access•Nancy Rodríguez•ARTICLE•The Annals of the American…•2016•Cited by: 5•References: 38

    incarceration; families; family processes; policy

  • Restorative justice practice: An examination of program completion and recidivism

    Open Access•Kimberly de Beus, Nancy Rodríguez•ARTICLE•Journal of Criminal Justice•2007•Cited by: 4•References: 24

  • The Role of Science in Reducing Racial and Ethnic Disparities in the Juvenile Justice System

    Open Access•Nancy Rodríguez•ARTICLE•Du Bois Review Social Science…•2018•Cited by: 2•References: 20

    In recent years, we have witnessed various efforts by the federal government to advance our justice system and improve public safety. Collaborations across justice and service agencies and research on what works in criminal justice policy have been central in criminal justice reform activities. Within the juvenile justice arena, reducing rates of victimization and delinquency, as well as implementing strategies to reduce racial and ethnic dispari…

  • Making Social Justice Nonnegotiable in Crime Prevention: Case Studies of Youth (In)Justice

    Open Access•Nancy Rodríguez•ARTICLE•The Annals of the American…•2024•Cited by: 1•References: 27

    The evidence base on the effectiveness of crime prevention programs and policies has grown significantly over the past two decades. But despite the attention given to particular kinds of crime reduction interventions, advancement of social justice and reduction of racial disparities in the administration of criminal justice have been limited. Additionally, despite the growing diversity of the U.S. population, prevention research that focuses on d…

  • Police department websites and digital language accessibility: A platform for achieving effective communication between limited English proficient communities and the police

    Meghan Ballard, Nancy Rodríguez•ARTICLE•Policing & Society•2022•Cited by: 1•References: 9

    Police departments are increasingly relying on technology to strengthen community-police relations, and yet there exists little research on the ways police departments use digital platforms to meet the needs of those requiring language services. In this study we use the innovative methodology of website content analysis (WebCA) to evaluate the websites of the fifty largest police departments in the U.S. for the presence of digital language access…

  • Criers, liars, and manipulators: Probation officers' views of girls

    Emily Gaarder, Nancy Rodríguez et al.•ARTICLE•Justice Quarterly•2004

    This study examines the perceptions of girls held by juvenile probation officers, psychologists, and others involved in juvenile court decision making. Through qualitative analysis of girls' probation case files and indepth interviews with juvenile probation officers, we discuss the social construction of gender, race, culture, and class. Our findings suggest that in an environment marked by scarce resources, gender and racial/ethnic stereotypes …

  • Restorative Justice, Communities, and Delinquency: Whom Do We Reintegrate

    Open Access•Nancy Rodríguez•ARTICLE•Criminology & Public Policy•2005•Cited by: 8•References: 10

    Research Summary: Communities represent an important facet of restorative justice; yet few studies have empirically evaluated the influence that community characteristics have on reintegrative programs. In this study, I use official juvenile court data from an urban, metropolitan county in Arizona and Census data to examine how individual‐ and community‐level data influence the selection of offenders to a restorative justice program. To examine t…

  • Brutal Borders? Examining the Treatment of Deportees During Arrest and Detention

    Phillip, Susan A Phillips et al.•ARTICLE•Social Forces•2006•Cited by: 13

    Recent legislation has produced a dramatic rise in the detention and removal of immigrants from the United States. Drawing on interviews with a random sample of Salvadoran deportees, we examine treatment during arrest and detention. Our findings indicate: (1) deportees are often subject to verbal harassment, procedural failings and use of force; (2) force tends to be excessive; (3) force is more common against deportees than citizens; (4) situati…

  • Restorative justice practice: An examination of program completion and recidivism

    Open Access•Kimberly de Beus, Nancy Rodríguez•ARTICLE•Journal of Criminal Justice•2007•Cited by: 4•References: 24

  • Race, Ethnicity, Class, and Noncompliance with Juvenile Court Supervision

    Open Access•Hilary Smith, Nancy Rodríguez et al.•ARTICLE•The Annals of the American…•2009•Cited by: 7•References: 14

    Determination of whether a youth is compliant with the conditions of probation and, if not, how to ensure future compliance is an important intermediate stage in juvenile court decision making. Yet, little is known about the conditions under which noncompliance is or is not documented in the youth's file, what happens to noncompliant youth, and whether documentation of noncompliance is influenced by race and class. Probation officers necessarily …

  • Youth Is Enmeshed in a Highly Dysfunctional Family System”: Exploring the Relationship Among Dysfunctional Families, Parental Incarceration, and Juvenile Court Decision Making

    Open Access•Nancy Rodríguez, Hilary Smith et al.•ARTICLE•Criminology•2009•Cited by: 16•References: 54

    Although prior work has substantiated the role of external attributes in juvenile court decision making, no study to date has examined how family situational factors as well as maternal and paternal incarceration affect juvenile court officials' responses to troubled youth. Using quantitative and qualitative juvenile court data from a large urban county in the southwest, this study draws on attribution theory to examine how family structure, perc…

  • The Cumulative Effect of Race and Ethnicity in Juvenile Court Outcomes and Why Preadjudication Detention Matters

    Open Access•Nancy Rodríguez•ARTICLE•Journal of Research in Crime and…•2010

    Despite federal and state legislation aimed at producing equitable treatment of youth in the juvenile court system, studies continue to find that race and ethnicity play a significant role in juvenile court outcomes. To date, few studies have examined the cumulative effects of race and ethnicity in juvenile court outcomes. In this study, a random sample of youth processed in Arizona during 2000 (N = 23,156) was used to examine how race and ethnic…

  • The Implementation of the Disproportionate Minority Confinement/Contact (DMC) Mandate: A Failure or Success

    Open Access•Michael Leiber, Nancy Rodríguez•ARTICLE•Race and Justice•2011•Cited by: 7•References: 33

    It has been over 20 years since Congress, as part of the reauthorization of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act (JJDPA), included the disproportionate minority confinement mandate later changed to disproportionate minority contact (DMC). The DMC mandate and the issue in general have received relatively scant attention with the exception of a few commentaries. In this article, we discuss the DMC mandate and the positions concerning…

  • Girls’ Experiences With Violence: An Analysis of Violence Against and by At-Risk Girls

    Open Access•Melinda Tasca, Marjorie S Zatz et al.•ARTICLE•Violence Against Women•2012•References: 4

    A growing body of work has emerged that examines crime and delinquency as gendered events. Given the prevalence of violence in the lives of women and girls, scholars have used various theoretical perspectives, including feminist pathways and "doing gender," to investigate the victimization-offending overlap. The authors contribute to this literature through an analysis of juvenile court records using a sample of at-risk girls. The authors identif…

  • The Collateral Consequences of Incarceration Revisited: A Qualitative Analysis of the Effects on Caregivers of Children of Incarcerated Parents

    Open Access•Jillian J Turanovic, Nancy Rodríguez et al.•ARTICLE•Criminology•2012•Cited by: 74•References: 105

    While policy makers have long extolled the benefits of incarceration, criminologists have expended considerable effort demonstrating the harmful collateral consequences of incarceration. Sampson (2011) recently challenged researchers to move beyond this dichotomy and to assess the “social ledger” of incarceration, where both the potential benefits and harms associated with incarceration are examined. To shed light on the variation in the collater…

  • Concentrated Disadvantage and the Incarceration of Youth: Examining How Context Affects Juvenile Justice

    Open Access•Nancy Rodríguez•ARTICLE•Journal of Research in Crime and…•2013

    Objectives: Attribution theory is used to frame a study on concentrated disadvantage and youth correctional confinement. Method: Population of delinquent referrals and a random sample of 50 youth case file records from a large urban juvenile court in the southwest are analyzed. Results: Black and Latino/Latina youth were more likely than their White counterparts to be institutionalized. Youth from areas with high levels of concentrated disadvanta…

  • The Limits of Discretion: Challenges and Dilemmas of Prosecutorial Discretion in Immigration Enforcement

    Open Access•Marjorie S Zatz, Nancy Rodríguez•ARTICLE•Law & Social Inquiry•2014•Cited by: 9•References: 1

    The history of US immigration policy and practice reflects a series of attempts to address complex political demands and organizational tensions. Yet this complexity has rendered comprehensive immigration reform elusive in recent decades. When legislative action appears impossible, what other avenues are available to confront these challenges? During the first term of the Obama administration, prosecutorial discretion emerged as a key mechanism. …

  • The Role of Neighborhood Context in Youth Co‐offending

    Open Access•D R Schaefer, Nancy Rodríguez et al.•ARTICLE•Criminology•2014•Cited by: 9•References: 57

    Despite co‐offending being a core criminological fact, locating suitable peers has many challenges. Chief among these, given the risky nature of co‐offending, is finding trustworthy accomplices. We propose that neighborhoods serve as youths’ most ready source of accomplices, and as such, their composition affects the likelihood of identifying suitable co‐offenders. In particular, youth are more likely to co‐offend in contexts with more peers of t…

  • Deporting social capital: Implications for immigrant communities in the United States

    Jacqueline Hagan, David L Leal et al.•ARTICLE•Migration Studies•2015•Cited by: 20•References: 12

    The United States currently removes approximately 400,000 individual migrants each year, which represents close to an eightfold increase since the mid-1990s. While scholars have studied the consequences of such policies for children and families, this article posits broader effects on communities through the reduction of immigrant social and human capital. Using findings from three studies of immigrant communities and Salvadoran deportees, we sho…

  • Families coming together in prison: An examination of visitation encounters

    Open Access•Melinda Tasca, Philip Mulvey et al.•ARTICLE•Punishment & Society•2016•Cited by: 19•References: 3

    Despite great strides in research on the collateral consequences of incarceration, we know relatively little about family life during imprisonment. In an effort to extend prior work, the current study examines family processes among caregivers, prisoners, and children during prison visitation. Drawing from in-depth interviews with 52 caregivers of children of incarcerated parents, we use open and axial coding techniques to identify the interactio…

  • Bridging the Gap between Research and Practice: The Role of Science in Addressing the Effects of Incarceration on Family Life

    Open Access•Nancy Rodríguez•ARTICLE•The Annals of the American…•2016•Cited by: 5•References: 38

    incarceration; families; family processes; policy

  • The Role of Science in Reducing Racial and Ethnic Disparities in the Juvenile Justice System

    Open Access•Nancy Rodríguez•ARTICLE•Du Bois Review Social Science…•2018•Cited by: 2•References: 20

    In recent years, we have witnessed various efforts by the federal government to advance our justice system and improve public safety. Collaborations across justice and service agencies and research on what works in criminal justice policy have been central in criminal justice reform activities. Within the juvenile justice arena, reducing rates of victimization and delinquency, as well as implementing strategies to reduce racial and ethnic dispari…

  • The State as the “Ultimate Parent”: The Implications of Family for Racial and Ethnic Disparities in the Juvenile Justice System

    Open Access•Margaret Goldman, Nancy Rodríguez•ARTICLE•Race and Justice•2020

    Racial and ethnic disparities permeate juvenile justice processing. Research attempting to explain these disparities has superficially considered the role of family measures in the differential treatment of youth of color. In particular, research has given little attention to the role of family supervision, despite its relevance to the mission of the juvenile court. Using attribution theory as a framework and data from three Arizona jurisdictions…

  • Race, Ethnicity, and Official Perceptions in the Juvenile Justice System: Extending the Role of Negative Attributional Stereotypes

    Open Access•Laura Beckman, Nancy Rodríguez•ARTICLE•Criminal Justice and Behavior•2021

    Overrepresentation of youth of color in the juvenile justice system has been well-documented. Although prior research has frequently drawn on attribution theory to explain the sources of racial and ethnic disparity in juvenile court outcomes, the key mechanisms (negative internal and external attributions) put forth by this theory have seldom been directly empirically tested. Using juvenile probation file content ( N = 285) that quantitatively ca…

  • Police department websites and digital language accessibility: A platform for achieving effective communication between limited English proficient communities and the police

    Meghan Ballard, Nancy Rodríguez•ARTICLE•Policing & Society•2022•Cited by: 1•References: 9

    Police departments are increasingly relying on technology to strengthen community-police relations, and yet there exists little research on the ways police departments use digital platforms to meet the needs of those requiring language services. In this study we use the innovative methodology of website content analysis (WebCA) to evaluate the websites of the fifty largest police departments in the U.S. for the presence of digital language access…

  • The Role of Service and Community in Academia: Reflections of a Latina Criminologist

    Nancy Rodríguez•ARTICLE•Journal of Criminal Justice…•2023

    The following reflection essay is about my journey as a Latina Criminologist and how service shapes my teaching and research. I share how my commitment to service is directly tied to my Latino roots and what I have learned from various academic communities. In addition, I reflect on how hidden forms of service that characterize faculty of color workloads can be devalued by universities

  • Space matters: An examination of the circumstances surrounding violence against correctional staff

    Open Access•Nancy Rodríguez, Katherine Waggoner•ARTICLE•Journal of Criminal Justice•2023•References: 43

  • Family Systems, Inequality, and Juvenile Justice

    Open Access•Nancy Rodríguez, Margaret Goldman•ARTICLE•Criminal Justice and Behavior•2024

    America’s juvenile justice system was founded on the notion that the juvenile court would serve as the “ultimate parent” for youth. Yet, the history of youth punishment challenges the promise of juvenile “justice.” To offer a more comprehensive account of the family systems in juvenile court, this study draws from the insights of historical research on youth punishment and family criminalization to examine juvenile court outcomes in Arizona. Comb…

  • Prison Family Engagement Policies: A Multistate Systematic Review and Content Analysis

    Open Access•Laceé N Pappas, Nancy Rodríguez et al.•ARTICLE•The Prison Journal•2024

    Opportunities for incarcerated persons to connect with their loved ones exist in several forms. Yet, there is limited evidence documenting the scope of state prison family engagement policies beyond visitation. To fill this gap, a systematic policy review and content analysis of nine state prison family engagement policies was conducted. The results provide evidence of both consistencies and inconsistencies in policies across forms of prison cont…

  • Making Social Justice Nonnegotiable in Crime Prevention: Case Studies of Youth (In)Justice

    Open Access•Nancy Rodríguez•ARTICLE•The Annals of the American…•2024•Cited by: 1•References: 27

    The evidence base on the effectiveness of crime prevention programs and policies has grown significantly over the past two decades. But despite the attention given to particular kinds of crime reduction interventions, advancement of social justice and reduction of racial disparities in the administration of criminal justice have been limited. Additionally, despite the growing diversity of the U.S. population, prevention research that focuses on d…

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